http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news on scientific topics and technology en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276074,on-the-road-with-your-notebook--feature.html Washington - Notebooks are made to hit the road. But many people don't actually travel very often with them - until vacation time, that is. That's when lots of planning needs to be done to be sure that your notebook gives you what you need when you'r... Internet,Technology Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:11:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276074,on-the-road-with-your-notebook--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275917,jackson-virus-and-spam-spreads-on-internet.html San Francisco - It didn't take the spammers long to capitalize on the massive interest in Michael Jackson. Security researchers at Sophos warned Thursday of the increasing levels of viruses and spam using Jackson's name to snare unsuspecting users. ... Internet,Technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:23:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275917,jackson-virus-and-spam-spreads-on-internet.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275621,china-allows-more-time-for-controversial-internet-filter--summary.html Beijing - China has backed down from its Wednesday deadline for computer makers to pre-install controversial internet filtering software, following a backlash from inside and outside the country. The delay in installing the Green Dam Youth Escort fir... Internet,Technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:41:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275621,china-allows-more-time-for-controversial-internet-filter--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275570,china-allows-more-time-for-controversial-internet-filter.html Beijing - China has backed down from its Wednesday deadline for computer makers to pre-instal controversial Internet filtering software, the government said, following a backlash against the move inside and outside the country. The delay in installin... Internet,Technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:59:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275570,china-allows-more-time-for-controversial-internet-filter.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275555,new-firefox-browser-released.html San Francisco - A new version of Firefox was released Tuesday, offering users more speed and privacy and greater compliance with new internet video standards. The release of Firefox 3.5 came as the open source browser is proving an increasingly formi... Internet,Technology Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:29:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275555,new-firefox-browser-released.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275493,software-group-bids-for-pirate-bay-file-sharing-site--summary.html Stockholm - A Swedish-based software group Tuesday said it has made an offer to buy the controversial file-sharing Pirate Bay website for 60 million kronor (7.7 million dollars) as part of plans to cash in on the global appetite for file sharing. Hal... Internet,Technology Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:59:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275493,software-group-bids-for-pirate-bay-file-sharing-site--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275451,software-group-announces-bid-for-pirate-bay-file-sharing-site.html Stockholm - A Swedish-based software group Tuesday said it has made an offer to buy the controversial file-sharing Pirate Bay website for 60 million kronor (7.7 million dollars) as part of plans to cash in on the global appetite for file sharing. Hal... Internet,Technology Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:47:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275451,software-group-announces-bid-for-pirate-bay-file-sharing-site.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275156,amazon-kindle-to-skip-germany-because-of-phone-fees.html Berlin - The Amazon Kindle, the e-book device which has taken the United States by storm, will not be offered in Germany because of excessive wireless network fees, according to a news report Sunday. The launch of the Kindle in Europe's biggest book ... Internet,Technology Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:29:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275156,amazon-kindle-to-skip-germany-because-of-phone-fees.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275132,dont-get-distracted-by-megapixels-in-search-for-right-webcam.html Dusseldorf - Whether you want to chat with friends or send video greetings, a webcam is what you need to quickly turn your computer into a video telephone. There's a huge variety to choose from, so when it comes time to buy the one that's right for y... Internet,Technology Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:11:55 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275132,dont-get-distracted-by-megapixels-in-search-for-right-webcam.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275131,big-differences-between-online-music-stores.html Munich - There are major differences between the big music download shops, particularly when it comes to selection. That was the findings of chip.de, a Munich-based technology portal. Because it is difficult to determine how many songs in total are o... Internet,Technology Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:11:55 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275131,big-differences-between-online-music-stores.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275129,mail-attachments-ending-in-exe-should-set-off-alarm-bells.html Munich - The ending exe is short for executable and it typically means the file can be run as a program. While perfectly normal for programs and operating system files, this is not the type of file that you want to see attached to an e-mail messa... Internet,Technology Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:11:55 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275129,mail-attachments-ending-in-exe-should-set-off-alarm-bells.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275128,firefox-add-ons-now-available-as-collections.html Munich - It has just become easier for Firefox users to acquire helpful extensions for the browser. The creators of Mozilla have now released a series of add-on collections for free at http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox. Registered users also have the... Internet,Technology Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:11:52 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275128,firefox-add-ons-now-available-as-collections.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275113,germans-fear-twitter-could-bias-general-election.html Berlin - Senior German officials fear that Twitter, the social networking site, could bias the general election to be held this September 27, the news magazine Der Spiegel said Saturday. While fans have hailed Twitter as the medium that empowers Iran... Internet,Technology Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:35:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275113,germans-fear-twitter-could-bias-general-election.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274863,microsoft-unveils-pricing-for-windows-7.html San Francisco - Microsoft on Thursday unveiled pricing for its Windows 7 operating system, which will be available in stores on October 22 to replace the widely reviled Windows Vista. The world's largest software maker also announced a programme star... Internet,Technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:17:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274863,microsoft-unveils-pricing-for-windows-7.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274692,us-calls-for-end-to-chinas-controversial-internet-filter.html Washington - US trade officials sent a letter to their Chinese counterparts Wednesday urging them to revoke an order that requires a controversial internet filtering software to be installed on computers. The Green Dam software, which China will requ... Internet,Technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:23:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274692,us-calls-for-end-to-chinas-controversial-internet-filter.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274488,german-teacher-loses-court-battle-against-rate-your-teacher-website.html Karlsruhe, Germany - The German High Court Tuesday rejected an appeal by a teacher against a website that allows pupils to grade their teachers. The decision, seen as a landmark in the battle between free speech and privacy rights, was the third time... Internet,Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:47:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274488,german-teacher-loses-court-battle-against-rate-your-teacher-website.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274359,us-concerned-that-chinese-internet-filter-could-limit-free-speech.html Washington - The United States questioned the Chinese government's motives for imposing a new mandatory internet filter on all new computers which it believes could restrict free speech, the US State Department said Monday. US officials from a number... Internet,Technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:59:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274359,us-concerned-that-chinese-internet-filter-could-limit-free-speech.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274151,beta-software-can-cause-big-problems.html Hanover - Users should avoid installing beta - or pre-release - versions of new software onto their regular computers. That's because beta versions and release candidates - the final variants prior to sale - more than likely still contain errors, s... Internet,Technology Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:11:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274151,beta-software-can-cause-big-problems.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274150,my-pc-shrunk-the-hard-drive-it-measurements-can-be-confusing.html Frankfurt - The packaging says 500 gigabytes of storage, yet when that new hard drive is plugged into a computer it only shows up as having 465 gigabytes available. Where's the rest of the space, bewildered buyers might ask. The answer is both simp... Internet,Technology Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:11:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274150,my-pc-shrunk-the-hard-drive-it-measurements-can-be-confusing.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274149,software-to-delete-data-trail-not-always-reliable.html Hamburg - Reliability varies widely among the different software programmes computer users can employ to wipe a hard drive's data trail, according to a comparison of various programmes. Only one of the programmes designed to delete temporary files or... Internet,Technology Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:11:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274149,software-to-delete-data-trail-not-always-reliable.html